Twilight takes her duties as Princess Rarity's bodyguard seriously. Unfortunately for her, it's difficult to protect a princess in a sea of costumed ponies when you have no idea which one is actually the princess.
When a terrible misunderstanding leaves Princess Rarity with the terrifying prospect of missing her bodyguard's birthday party, she decides that nothing or nopony will stop her from celebrating Twilight's special day.
Ever since Twilight's ascension, she's been having unusual urges. Like a weird desire to grow flowers, and she can't seem to stop chewing her wings. Turns out, her newfound magic comes with the instincts to match, and instincts are a powerful thing.
Twilight knows something's up when Pinkie asks her for help with writing. But what harm could it do? Writing always was one of her favourite subjects...
Twilight has settled into her new castle, which now feels like a home thanks to her friends. The only problem is she's still not sleeping. Rainbow Dash can tell something is wrong and wants to know if she can help.
After a long day working, Twilight realizes her marefriend hasn't come over to bother her at all, and honestly, that's even more distracting than the actual act of distracting her.
Diplomacy and cultural exchange; important duties that Twilight needs to learn as a princess. Fortunately, this is made much easier when she meets a foreign pony willing to help. Now, if only they could actually understand each other.
Pegasi have a longtime tradition of gifting their primary feathers to those closest to them. Now that Twilight has wings of her own, she wishes to participate in the custom by giving one to her special somepony.
Twilight Sparkle regrets botching her romantic confession to Rarity. As a joke, Rarity proposes a simple and elegant solution: break up and try it again. She just wasn't prepared for Twilight to agree to it.
Twilight's plans for a sleepover are tested when most of her guests have to cancel, but Applejack convinces her they can have fun together with just each other's company.